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A field guide to seven signs of healthy biodiversity in Amazon protected areas
Biodiversity is how ecologists measure the health of an ecosystem, and the concept can be read in the field. Seven concrete signs…
Latest Stories
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The Jaguar Returns to the Iberá Wetlands
Locally extinct in Corrientes for more than seventy years, the jaguar is back in the Esteros del Iberá. The reintroduction aims to…
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The Amazon River’s Flood Pulse, the Clock That Runs the Rainforest
The yearly rise and fall of the Amazon River, known to ecologists as the flood pulse, decides where and when rare species…
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Capybaras on the Asphalt: Amazonian Cities Learn to Share the Street
Capybaras have settled into the canals, squares and ponds of Amazonian cities. Behind the charming scene lies a conflict over space and…
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The Savanna Hawk That Hunts Snakes in the Middle of the City
Not the harpy eagle and not a vulture: a common half meter raptor swapped open grassland for rooftops and utility poles. In…
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How rubber money built the city of Manaus in the forest
The Rubber Boom turned a small river outpost in the Amazon into a city with electric trams, imported opera and streets paved…
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How the Falling Tapajós Uncovers the Seasonal Freshwater Beaches of Alter do Chão
In western Pará, deep in the Brazilian Amazon, the Tapajós River exposes strips of white quartz sand every dry season and swallows…
Wildlife
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The Jaguar Returns to the Iberá Wetlands
Locally extinct in Corrientes for more than seventy years, the jaguar is back in the Esteros del Iberá. The reintroduction aims to…
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Capybaras on the Asphalt: Amazonian Cities Learn to Share the Street
Capybaras have settled into the canals, squares and ponds of Amazonian cities. Behind the charming scene lies a conflict over space and…
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The Savanna Hawk That Hunts Snakes in the Middle of the City
Not the harpy eagle and not a vulture: a common half meter raptor swapped open grassland for rooftops and utility poles. In…
Environment
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A field guide to seven signs of healthy biodiversity in Amazon protected areas
Biodiversity is how ecologists measure the health of an ecosystem, and the concept can be read in the field. Seven concrete signs…
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The Amazon River’s Flood Pulse, the Clock That Runs the Rainforest
The yearly rise and fall of the Amazon River, known to ecologists as the flood pulse, decides where and when rare species…
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How rubber money built the city of Manaus in the forest
The Rubber Boom turned a small river outpost in the Amazon into a city with electric trams, imported opera and streets paved…
Flora
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Cassava: the house of Mani, the Tupi language and the craft that removes the poison
In the Tupi language, mandi-oca means “the house of Mani”. Behind the legend lies hard botany: a root that defends itself with…
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Guarana: The Amazon Seed That Packs Five Times the Caffeine of Coffee
Guarana (Paullinia cupana) is an Amazonian climbing vine whose seeds can hold up to 5% caffeine by dry weight. Behind the world’s…
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The Peach Palm Heart That Grows Back and Spares the Juçara Palm
Peach palm, or pupunha, is cut without felling the tree: removing the main stem triggers new shoots ready in eighteen months. It…
Science
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The Digital DNA of Farming: How AI Keeps Rural Family Knowledge Alive
Plants inherit a biological memory of drought and cold. Brazilian farming families are trying to inherit decades of intuition. Artificial intelligence can…
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How Amazon Farm Waste Is Becoming Raw Material for a Circular Bioeconomy
Cocoa husks and açaí pressing cake are no longer rubbish. Biofertilizers, biochar and bioplastics are turning Amazonian harvest leftovers into a new…
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Brazilian scientists find a living ecosystem of microorganisms drifting in the fog 325 metres above the Amazon
At the top of the ATTO tower, 325 metres above the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, UFPR researchers identified thousands of lineages of living…